Band Segmented Bootstraps and Partitioned Frames

1. A transmitter for generating band segmented bootstrap signals, comprising: a memory configured to store program instructions; and a processor, upon executing the program instructions, configured to: generate a plurality of sequence numbers; apply a cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence numbers; map each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers; and translate each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence, wherein each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers is shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning, next to each other in a frequency domain, each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals.

2. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein to generate the plurality of sequence numbers, the processor is further configured to: generate a first sequence of numbers based on a Pseudo-Noise sequence; generate a second sequence of numbers based on a Zadoff-Chu sequence; and modulate the first sequence of numbers and the second sequence of numbers.

3. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein to apply the cyclic shift to each generated sequence number, the processor is further configured to: apply a frequency domain cyclic shift to a Zadoff-Chu sequence.

4. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to: apply the cyclic shift to a non-synchronization symbol of the band segmented bootstrap signals.

5. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein to map each shifted sequence number to the at least one subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers, the processor is further configured to: map values of zero to outer subcarriers in each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals to add zero padding.

6. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein to translate each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to the time domain sequence, the processor is further configured to: apply an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers.

7. The transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to: apply the cyclic shift to the time domain sequence to obtain a shifted time domain sequence.

8. A method for generating band segmented bootstrap signals, comprising: generating a plurality of sequence numbers; applying a cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence numbers; mapping each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers; and translating each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence, wherein each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers is shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning, next to each other in a frequency domain, each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the generating the plurality of sequence numbers comprises: generating a first sequence of numbers based on a Pseudo-Noise sequence; generating a second sequence of numbers based on a Zadoff-Chu sequence; and modulating the first sequence of numbers and the second sequence of numbers.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the applying the cyclic shift to each generated sequence number comprises: applying a frequency domain cyclic shift to a Zadoff-Chu sequence.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: applying the cyclic shift to a non-synchronization symbol of the band segmented bootstrap signals.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the mapping each shifted sequence number to the at least one subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers comprises: mapping values of zero to outer subcarriers in each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals to add zero padding.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the translating each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to the time domain sequence comprises: applying an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: applying the cyclic shift to the time domain sequence to obtain a shifted time domain sequence.

15. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: generating a plurality of sequence numbers; applying a cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence numbers; mapping each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers; and translating each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence, wherein each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers is shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning, next to each other in a frequency domain, each segment of band segmented bootstrap signals.

16. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein for the generating the plurality of sequence numbers, the instructions further comprise: generating a first sequence of numbers based on a Pseudo-Noise sequence; generating a second sequence of numbers based on a Zadoff-Chu sequence; and modulating the first sequence of numbers and the second sequence of numbers.

17. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein for the applying the cyclic shift to each generated sequence number, the instructions further comprise: applying a frequency domain cyclic shift to a Zadoff-Chu sequence.

18. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device of claim 15 , the instructions further comprising: applying the cyclic shift to a non-synchronization symbol of the band segmented bootstrap signals; and applying the cyclic shift to the time domain sequence to obtain a shifted time domain sequence.

19. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein for the mapping each shifted sequence number to the at least one subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers, the instructions further comprise: mapping values of zero to outer subcarriers in each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals to add zero padding.

20. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein for the translating each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to the time domain sequence, the instructions further comprise: applying an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers.